Aitor Karanka’s Nottingham Forest launch their Carabao Cup campaign at home to League Two side Bury on Tuesday night – do note the earlier 7.30pm kick-off time.

The Reds will hope to reach the second round stage as they did a year ago, when Shrewsbury Town were beaten 2-1 at the City Ground.

As the competition prepares to get underway, there have been a couple of key rule changes and one of them will surely be welcomed by players and fans all over the country.

Tyler Walker celebrates scoring in extra-time at Newcastle last season

Extra-time has been scrapped, meaning if a tie is level after 90 minutes, it’ll go straight to penalties in a bid to take the strain off players at these early stages of the season – because of that, the fourth substitution option has also gone.

When it comes to penalties, the ABBA system which was trialled last term has gone, with the tradition ABAB system coming back into place.

There will be no seeding in the opening two rounds, and VAR will be available throughout the competition but only at Premier League stadiums.

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“The rationale put forward by the EFL is that withdrawing the additional 30 minutes of play would directly address any additional fatigue issues that are occasionally caused when the midweek ties go beyond the traditional 90-minute period,” EFL said in a statement.

Last term, Forest were winners over the Shrews, before beating Newcastle at St James’ Park after extra-time.

Their hopes of progressing in a competition they’ve won four times came to a crashing end when Chelsea were 5-1 winners at Stamford Bridge in early September.

The draw for round two, should Forest make it through, will be staged on Sky Sports from 7pm on Thursday night, prior to Sunderland's game with Sheffield Wednesday at the Stadium of Light.

The draw sees the inclusion of the 13 Premier League clubs who are not competing in European competitions, alongside Championship sides Stoke City and Swansea City. The draw is unseeded but will be regionalised into North and South sections. The remaining seven Premier League clubs will enter the competition in round three.